The German refugee advocacy group Pro Asyl has condemned German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s initiative to allow deportations of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria. “International law clearly prohibits any deportations to Afghanistan and Syria,” Pro Asyl’s managing director Karl Kopp told the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper in remarks published on Friday. Kopp described Scholz’s proposed plans […]
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Indonesia is to deport a fugitive to Thailand who is wanted on murder and drug trafficking charges
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One of Thailand’s most wanted fugitives will be escorted home on a Thai air force plane after being arrested on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali following months on the run in connection with several killings and drug trafficking charges in his homeland, officials said Monday. Chaowalit Thongduang escaped from detention in […]
Iowa law allows police to arrest and deport migrants. Civil rights groups are suing
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Civil rights and immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging that Iowa’s new law making it a crime to be in the state if previously denied admission to the U.S. is unconstitutional. It’s the first legal action taken against Iowa in response to the law, though the U.S. […]
Trump says he’ll use National Guard to deport migrants, doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he’d use the National Guard as part of efforts to deport millions of migrants across the country if he’s reelected, signaling that he’s doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric that fueled his previous rise to power. Trump’s comments came during a lengthy in-person and telephone interview with Time magazine earlier […]
Iowa governor signs bill that gives state authority to arrest and deport some migrants
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. The law, which takes effect July 1, has elevated anxiety in Iowa’s immigrant communities […]
Botswana Threatens to Deport Elephants to Europe in Fight Over Hunting
Earlier this year, Germany‘s environmental ministry floated a proposal to impose stricter limits on the import of hunting trophies into the country out of concern for poaching. The move didn’t exactly go over well with the president of Botswana, who is now threatening to send 20,000 elephants to the European country. President Mokgweetsi Masisi shared […]
Indonesia to deport Japanese man accused of role in $90 million investment fraud
BATAM, Indonesia (AP) — A Japanese man accused of helping to run a $90 million investment scam will be sent home after four years on the run, Indonesian authorities said Tuesday. Yusuke Yamazaki, 43, was arrested off Bulan island in Kepulauan Riau province on Jan. 31, while attempting to cross into Malaysia in a small […]
Trump’s vows to deport millions are undercut by his White House record and one family’s story
Noelia Sanchez was born in the rolling farmlands of southwest Missouri, where her Mexican parents worked as seasonal farmworkers in the 1950s. When she was 1, Noelia and her mother, Aurora, who had no work documents, were rounded up with dozens of other immigrants in a Texas town near the border. The U.S.-born child and […]